Classifier: V (review)
There is a sign known as "Classifier V." This is sometimes written as:
"CL:V"
The V handshape can be used to mean: walk-to, jump, fall, fall-down, dance, dive-in, get-up,
laid-up/dead-animal, lie-down, anxious, sit in a certain way, stand in a certain
way, roll-around, look-at something in a certain way, and many other
concepts.
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Role Taking:
In ASL instead of signing "he said" and then "she said" we can turn our body
slightly to the left for the comments of one character and then turn our
body slightly to the right for the comments of the other character. We
"role play" each character.
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Gender:
Gender is an important aspect of some languages but it isn't very prominent
in ASL signs. For example, the concepts "he" and "she" are
generally signed by pointing an index finger off to the side. Thus the
ASL pronouns "HE" and "SHE" are signed exactly the same. The gender is
established prior to the use of the pronoun, but after that the pronoun HE
is indistinguishable from the pronoun SHE.

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16. YOUR BROTHER, SISTER HOW TALL? (How tall are your brothers and sisters?)CARPENTER-[do woodwork]mission